Posted 10 years ago
Ceci
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I found this at a thrift store. I find it very interesting. Do you think it is Native American or another culture like African. It is painted on animal skin.
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It's a tapa cloth placemat, from the kingdom of Fiji, in the South Pacific, a popular souvenir from the islands.
Tapa cloth is made from strips of the paper mulberry tree bark, pounded out thin and flat, and glued together to form a type of non-woven fabric. It is made in several South Pacific countries, which one can be identified by the method of decoration, and the design patterns. In this case, a stencil is used, and the black and brown geometric patterns are those found on "masi," traditional tapa from Fiji.
(No animal products are used in the making of tapa cloth.)
Wow...was I off base. Thanks for the info Canyonroad.
I do love the patterns.
You can mark your mystery as solved and credit CanyonRoad, Ceci. :)
I forgot to thank you CanyonRoad. Thank you!!